They Weren’t Alois Hudal’s German Warriors After All
Tomb of 450 Austro-Hungarian prisoners of war from World War I in the Church of Santa Maria dell’Anima in Rome
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prisoners of war, places of memory, World War I, nationalismAbstract
The author’s contribution deals with the identification and national origin of 450 Austro-Hungarian prisoners of war who were transferred from the Roman cemetery Campo Verano in 1937 and buried in the crypt of the church of Santa Maria dell’Anima in Rome. The initiator of their reburial and the erection of the memorial chapel, Alois Hudal, in accordance with his political orientation, proclaimed them all as German warriors, even though they belonged to many other nations of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
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2025-08-18
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